Short track speed skating World Cup 4 Gold 3 silver 3 copper Chinese short track speed skating team is getting better

World Cup 4 Gold 3 silver 3 copper Chinese short track speed skating team is getting better

4 gold medals Zhonglin Xiaoyi contributed 3

with 2022-2023 season International slide short track speed skating World Cup Holland Dordrecht station ending, this season’s six-stop short track speed skating World Cup ended. The Chinese short track speed skating team who played with a young lineup won 4 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze, with a total of 10 medals. Through the test of the six-stop World Cup, it can be said that the Chinese short track speed skating team is mixed. Although there is still a gap compared with traditional strong teams such as strong rivals South Korea, Holland and Canada, they dare to fight hard, the positive and enterprising mental state deserves praise.

On September 26 last year, the 2022-2023 short track speed skating national training team officially announced the list of members of the national training team in the new season. Zhang Jing served as the head coach, and a total of 17 men and women athletes were selected, this is the first national training team for Chinese ice and snow in the Milan winter Olympics cycle. This season, the national training team of short track speed skating has participated in international events such as short track speed skating World Cup, Four Continents Championship and World Championship, aiming at training new people and accumulating experience to lay a good foundation for Milan winter Olympics cycle.

This season’s short track speed skating World Cup includes six races. The first station is Montreal, Canada, the second station is Salt Lake City, USA. The third and fourth stations are both in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The the fifth bus stop and sixth stations are respectively in Dresden, Germany and Dordrecht, Netherlands. In the first four World Cups, the Chinese team, mainly newcomers, only received 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 Copper.

Then in the four continents of the International Federation of skating championships, the Chinese team won 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. So far this season, among all the medals won by the Chinese team, 6 medals came from the relay project. In individual competitions, young players were poor.

The Chinese team in the first four stops of the World Cup is always difficult to hand over a satisfactory answer sheet due to various factors. However, after nearly two months of rest, the performance of the Chinese team in 2023 was getting better. Short track speed skating World Cup Germany Dresden station, the Chinese team performed well, a total of 2 Gold 1 silver 1 Copper. Among them, the best was the men’s 500-meter competition. Lin Xiaoxiao and Zhong Yuchen won the championship and runner-up for the Chinese team. In addition, the Chinese team composed of Li Wenlong, Lin Xiaoxiao, Liu Guanyi and Zhong Yuchen won the men’s 5,000-meter relay championship, and Zhang Chutong won the women’s 1,000-meter bronze medal.

The Chinese team continued the strong performance of the last stop by walking around Holland Dordrecht station. In the men’s 500 m group A final, Lin Xiaoyan won the championship, and then he also won the men’s 5000 m relay silver medal with Li Wenlong, Zhong Yuchen and song Jiahua Food. Lin Xiaoxiao has contributed three of the four gold medals won by the Chinese team so far this season, and its 500-meter world ranking has risen to the fifth place. In terms of women’s 3000-meter relay, the Chinese team composed of Yi Ze, Xu Aili, Xin-ran Wang and Gong Li won a bronze medal.

The Report Card handed over by the Chinese short track speed skating team may not be dazzling this season, but for the Chinese team who have experienced a “great change of blood”, the young athletes showed their courage to compete for the first place on the court, the sports spirit of hard work is precious, and this young team is worth looking forward.

According to the plan, the Chinese team will return to Beijing to prepare for the short track speed skating World Championship in Seoul, South Korea in early March. As Zhang Jing said, I hope everyone in the Chinese team will get full exercise this season, compete with the World Masters, find the gap and grow as soon as possible. The team has confidence and firm belief, and is stronger than once in the international arena.

Text/reporter Zhou xueshuai

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Lin Xiaoxiao: “In March, see in the world championship

in the final of the men’s 500 m group A at dordrecht station in the netherlands in the short track speed skating world cup of the international federation of skating, chinese player lin xiaoyan turned over with his tenacity at the last moment, he won the championship with a score of 40 seconds and 693 seconds. After winning the gold medal at Dresden station, he won the gold medal in this project. After recovering from injury, Lin Xiaoxiao finally showed his skills in the international competition again, fulfilled his promise in a hot state and declared the return of the King.

Lin Xiaoxiao is called a talented player. He won the men’s 1500 m gold medal and the 500 m bronze medal for South Korea at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. In the short track world championship in March, 2019, Lin Xiaoxiao won five gold medals in the 1000-meter, 1500-meter, 3000-meter, 5000-meter relay and men’s individual all-round project, and crowned “all-round King”. China was naturalized in 2019.

On September 26 last year, the national training team of short track speed skating was established in the new season, and Lin Xiaoyan was selected into the training list. In the 2022-2023 season short track speed skating World Cup first stop in Montreal, Canada, he completed the first show of the international competition representing the Chinese team. In the following sub-race, he suffered from sudden injuries and did not achieve brilliant results, which was questioned by the outside world.

After the hard and long silence, Lin Xiaoxiao finally ushered in a big outbreak. In the final of the men’s 500 m Group A in the short track speed skating World Cup Dresden station on February 5th, Lin Xiaoxiao won the championship with A score of 41 seconds 329. This was his return to the international arena in the Chinese team’s battle robe this season, and after 3 years and 11 months, he won the first individual gold medal in this season’s race. Then he cooperated with his teammates to win the men’s 5000-meter relay.

After waiting for 1428 days, Lin Xiaoxiao stepped on the highest podium again. After the match, Lin Xiaoxiao said frankly that this was the happiest moment in four years and wrote on social media: “After four years! Long and hard waiting. In order to dream, I have been running hard and have not given up. Although the road is hard, there is no regret in the end. Thank all those who congratulate me!”

After the transfer to Dordrecht station in Holland, Lin Xiaoxiao’s hot state continued. In the men’s 500 m group A final, Lin Xiaoxiao won the championship of the project. After Dresden station, he won the 500 m championship in two consecutive races. In addition, he also joined hands with his teammates Li Wenlong, Song Jiahua Food And Zhong Yuchen to win the men’s 5000-meter relay silver medal.

Lin Xiaoyan, who won the World Cup in succession, responded in the first time: “The six races of the 2022-2023 short track speed skating World Cup have all ended. Thank you for your encouragement and support. Spring is warm and flowers bloom, and the steps on the ice will not stop. See you at the World Championships in March.”

Text/reporter Zhou xueshuai

Beijing Youth Daily